I  Jesus is Condemned to Death

Lord Jesus, may we deliver ourselves up
with patience and love to the many little deaths that fidelity in
your service may require of us.

We adore You, O Christ, and praise you.

You have redeemed the world by Your holy cross.

As God's own people,
we have Christ as our head.
He delivered Himself up for our sins.
 In accepting a cruel death,
 He won for us the right to eternal bliss with God our Father.

II  Jesus Takes His Cross

Strengthen us, Lord Jesus,
to carry our cross with faith and trust, and without complaining
of its weight or size.

We adore You, O Christ, and praise you.

You have redeemed the world by Your holy cross

As the redeemed of the Lord,
we are called to walk in the footsteps of the humble,
cross-bearing Christ.
Each of us has his daily cross to bear
to be worthy to share our Savior's glory.

III  The First Fall

Be with us always, Lord Jesus;
despite the weakness of the flesh
may we never waiver in our loyalty to You.

We adore You, O Christ, and praise you.

You have redeemed the world by Your holy cross.

The only safe way to the promised land
is the way of the cross.
 As pilgrims here,
we retrace the same path Christ trod for our salvation.
 Through trial and affliction,
we go forward with eyes fixed on our heavenly goal.

IV  Jesus Meets His  Mother

Lord Jesus,
may Your Mother and ours
remain always a sure hope and comfort for us your pilgrim people.

We adore You, O Christ, and praise you.

You have redeemed the world by Your holy cross.
The Mother of Jesus cares for all the redeemed
who still journey on this earth.
Her spiritual maternity
will last until all the elect are safe in the heavenly fatherland.
 She helps us on the sorrowful way to keep our gaze focused on our true home.

V Simon Of Cyrene Helps Jesus

May we be generous,
Lord Christ,
in coming to the aid of our afflicted fellow pilgrims
during our earthly journey.

We adore You, O Christ, and praise you.

You have redeemed the world by Your holy cross.

Love of God and of neighbor,
marks the true disciple of Christ.
 When God was a very close neighbor,
Simon of Cyrene hesitated.
He had to be compelled to help our Redeemer carry His cross.

VI  Veronica Wipes The Face Of Jesus

Dear Lord,
may we never turn a cold shoulder,
but always a smiling face to those who look at us for comfort.

We adore You, O Christ, and praise you.

You have redeemed the world by Your holy cross.

As God's chosen ones,
we are to show mercy and compassion in our dealings with others.
It is our mission to comfort the sorrowing,
to put new heart into the disheartened,
and to raise the spirits of those we meet.

VII  Jesus Falls The Second Time

Gird us with new strength, dear Christ,
for the steep climb and the hard stretches along the road to our glorious resurrection.

We adore You, O Christ, and praise you.

You have redeemed the world by Your holy cross.
As God's own people,
we continue our search for a future and abiding city.
The road is long and rugged,
not always easy to follow.
When we fall,
we must rise again like our Savior on the way to Calvary.

VIII Jesus Speaks To The Women Of Jerusalem

Lord Jesus,
may the assurance that our Father in heaven
will some day wipe our tears away and sustain us in the dark and painful hours of life.

We adore You, O Christ, and praise you.

You have redeemed the world by Your holy cross.
The theatre of our earthly pilgrimage is sometimes a valley of tears.  The daughters of Jerusalem weeping for our Savior were reminded,
as we are now,
that they had reason to weep for themselves and their children.

IX  Jesus Falls The Third Time

Help us, dear Lord,
to pick ourselves up each time we fall.
 Conscious of our weaknesses,
may we stretch a helping hand to all who share our human frailty.

We adore You, O Christ, and praise you.

You have redeemed the world by Your holy cross.
Our Cross-Bearer stumbled a third time in the dust,
yet won a name which is above all names.
  But the hour of shame had to precede His hour of glory.
So must it be for all of us, the people He has redeemed.

X  Jesus Is Stripped Of His Garments

Dear Jesus,
stripped of your garments in the passion,
bless all our efforts at purification and renewal.

We adore You, O Christ, and praise you.

You have redeemed the world by Your holy cross.
We purify and renew ourselves
that the vision of Christ may shine more brightly
in the church and the world.
So we strip ourselves of deeds of darkness;
we cast off all hindrances to our growth in the new life of Christ.

XI  Jesus Is Nailed To The Cross

We give thanks and praise, dear Savior,
for submitting willingly to suffering and death for our sakes.
  We bless your precious cross by which the joy and salvation came into the world.

We adore You, O Christ, and praise you.

You have redeemed the world by Your holy cross.
They crucified Him,
mocked His dignity and deprived Him of physical freedom.
 Thus He acquired for us our heritage,
the dignity and freedom of the sons of God.

XII  Jesus Dies On The Cross

We are Yours, Blessed Savior,
whether we live or whether we die.
 In baptism we have agreed to be Yours in time and in eternity.
 May we be made dead to sin and alive to God with You.

We adore You, O Christ, and praise you.

You have redeemed the world by Your holy cross.
He was holy, innocent, undefiled.
He knew nothing of sin,
but came to blot out the sins of the world.
 He proved His love by laying down His life for us.

XIII  Jesus Is Taken Down From The Cross

Lord Jesus, You are the Resurrection and the Life.
 May we stand before the world as Your witnesses,
vivid signs of the Living God.

We adore You, O Christ, and praise you.

You have redeemed the world by Your holy cross.
At the end of our earthly journey,
we like our Blessed Redeemer,
are taken down from the cross of life.
  United with Him in the likeness of His death,
we shall be so in the likeness of His resurrection also.

XIV  Jesus Is Laid In The Sepulcher

Lord Jesus,
may we always continue in the strength
which comes from our hope in your mercy,
goodness and love for us.

We adore You, O Christ, and praise you.

You have redeemed the world by Your holy cross.
In God's plan,
each of us becomes acquainted with suffering
until finally death closes our eyes.
  But the grave will not hold us captives forever.
 In God's hour, we shall rise, nevermore to die.
 

Prayer

O God, our Heavenly Father,
by Your great mercy we are born anew
to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Your Son.
 
 

We look forward to the inheritance,
imperishable and unfading,
which you have reserved for us in heaven.
We thank You for calling us to eternal glory in Jesus our Savior.
 We ask Your forgiveness for the many times we have failed in following Christ.
 
 

May the remembrance of His life,
passion, and resurrection,
sustain us on our earthly way of the cross.
May His example strengthen us in faith, hope, and love.
 And when we come to die, may we,
by Your gracious goodness,
be born again to eternal life.

Amen.

Christ is Risen Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia

"Lastly, he showed Himself to the Eleven themselves while they were at table.
 He reproached them for their incredulity and obstinacy
because they had refused to believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.
 And He said to them,
"Go, out to the whole world;
proclaim the Good News to all creation".

Mark 16:14-16

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